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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02649.32 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Dr. Thomas A. McParlin |
| Title | John Pope to Andrew Jackson Smith recommending McParlin for promotion [copy] |
| Date | 3 May 1866 |
| Author | Pope, John (1822-1892) |
| Recipient | Smith, Andrew Jackson |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | A copy of GLC02649.31 (so marked), but with a different place of address and date. Pope recommends to Major General Smith that McParlin be brevetted to the ranks of Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel for his service on 29-30 August 1862 (Second Battle of Manassas) and Brigadier General for his service as Medical Director of the Army of Virginia since 1 September 1862. Recounts McParlin's service as a surgeon during combat and his expert handling of patients. In part: "He [McParlin] was present at the front in every engagement and it is not too much to say that from first to last he not only performed his duties with ability - and fidelity, but that his whole conduct was remarkable for energy, devotion to the public interests and to the care of the sick and wounded…" On stationery of the Headquarters of the Gulf, Medical Director's Office. Unclear if this has been signed clerically or by Pope himself. |
| Subjects | Hospital Civil War Military History Union Forces Union General Health and Medical Second Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) Letter of Introduction or Recommendation Battle Injury or Wound |
| People | Pope, John (1822-1892) Smith, A. J. (Andrew Jackson) (1815-1897) McParlin, T. A. (Thomas Andrew) (1825-1897) |
| Place written | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Folder Information: Includes personal and professional letters and documents to and from Dr. Thomas A. McParlin, medical director of the Army of Virginia and the army of the Potomac during the Civil War. Among the individuals represented in this archive are Secretary of War Simon Cameron, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, generals George Meade, George D. Ruggles, John Pope, Rufus Ingalls, noted reformer Dorothea Dix, and numerous Civil War medical officers. Documents include wartime and post-war items. Of particular interest is a lengthy (40 page) manuscript report, prepared by McParlin for General William A. Hammond, chronicling his efforts as during the campaign of the Army of Virginia during the summer of 1862. Thomas Andrew McParlin (1825-1897) of Maryland was a surgeon in the U. S. Army from the time of the Mexican War to after the Civil War. By the end of the latter conflict, McParlin had become Medical Director of the Army of the Potomac and was present during the siege at Petersburg. McParlin was appointed Assistant Surgeon, 03 March 1849; appointed Major, Surgeon, 21 May 1861, breveted Lieutenant Colonel, for faithful and meritorious service in the field, 01 August 1864; breveted Brigadier General for meritorious and distinctive service at New Orleans where cholera and yellow fever prevailed, 26 November 1866; breveted Colonel, for faithful service during the war, 13 March 1865; appointed Lieutenant Colonel, Assistant Medical Purchaser, 13 April 1881; appointed Colonel, Surgeon, 16 September 1885. McParlin retired on 10 July 1889; he died eight years later (28 January 1897). George B. Parker (b. 1826?) enlisted as a Assistant Surgeon on 3 September 1862 and commissioned in Company S, 42nd Infantry Regiment New York, he was discharged on 12 August 1863. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Comrade |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |